New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

2,900 works

Featured

Filters

Color

Shape

Century

Clear all

Pencil study of a man's arm and hand, a watch chain, and a reclining figure's hand, with handwritten name labels.

Sketches of Right Arm of Mr. Kennedy and Left Hand of Mr. Silliman

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Charcoal and chalk study of a child's head turned sideways, with curly hair and a closed eye, on brown toned paper.

Study of a Child's Head

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil and watercolor study of a windswept tree with green foliage on a sloping hillside, on pale paper.

Study of a Tree on a Hillside

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a long coat and cravat, gesturing with one arm, on ruled paper.

Study of Samuel F. B. Morse for "Scientific Group"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Ink and wash drawing of two circular roundels: a winged Victory with a horse above, and two winged figures flanking a helmete

Two Victories in Roundels

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Luke with a halo in an arched niche, holding a book, with an ox at his feet.

Saint Luke in a Niche

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Two white birch trunks stand in a forest with autumn yellow and red leaves in the undergrowth below.

Birch Trees in Autumn, Vermont

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor design sheet with lilac banded panel, hanging flower clusters, vines, and a rose garland for embroidered waistcoat

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1819 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf, "Gilet" design

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Pencil study of a gnarled oak tree with twisting branches and loose foliage on cream paper, labeled Dennings Point.

Study of Oaks at Dennings Point

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of heads, a seated child, and a woman holding a child, with a museum stamp.

Beggars, Venice, Italy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long dress seen from behind, with smaller study sketches of a piano and figures on tan paper.

Woman Standing Before a Piano

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pastel portrait of a young woman with curled hair holding pink and white flowers against a dark blue background.

Portrait of a Woman

Rosalba Carriera, 1710

Pastel study of a nude woman kneeling, seen from behind, with one arm raised, on pale paper.

Study for a kneeling woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pencil caricature of a balding man with wide eyes, bushy mustache and heavy jaw on tan paper.

Caricature

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of Daniel among lions with a winged angel descending above an arched architectural setting.

Daniel in the Lion's Den

Pietro Novelli, 1640

Brown ink and wash drawing of three vertical ornamental pilaster strips with scrollwork, birds, and a central oval medallion.

Design for the Decoration of Three Pilaster Strips

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of five console table designs with candlesticks and figural supports, numbered 94.

Designs for Five Console Tables, Three with Candlesticks, Probably for Rooms in the Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornamental cartouche with foliage, putti at the corners and a bird above, blank center.

Designs for Cartouches

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pencil sketch of a seated draped woman beside a tall urn on a stepped pedestal with a garland.

Study after a Funeral Monument and Study after Frieze

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a kettle drum with tuning keys, a chair and a faint background figure behind it.

Kettle Drum

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tall tree with bare and leafy branches above rocks, with a small figure at lower left.

Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Portrait Study of Annie A. Brush, Seated in Profile

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Watercolor design of a gilded candlestick with a winged female figure holding a laurel wreath beside a lit candle.

Design for a Bronze Candlestick

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, 1810

Red chalk study of several heads and a seated child with drapery by Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1570.

Study of man, woman and child heads, sitting child

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1570

Brown ink and wash sketch of three panels showing winged cupids, a horse-drawn chariot, and a lion with a figure.

Three Panels with Cupids

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and ink sketch of a cloaked man with a stick beside a smaller figure, on a page with a stamp and the number 26.

Sketches of Peg-Legged Men

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1740

Ink and watercolor drawing of two women with dark hair and ornaments, one holding a fan, with a sketched street behind them.

Two Spanish Women

Constantin Guys, 1850

Grey chalk drawing of a monumental fluted urn on a pedestal in a park, with trees and a small figure.

Monumental Vase in a Park

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a standing barefoot boy in a buttoned jacket with his hands in his pockets, on a cream mount.

A Standing Boy

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Brown ink sketch of colonnaded arcades, church interiors, a tomb scene and ornamental candelabra designs.

Sketchbook Page: Atrium, San Pietro, Bologna and Detail from San Pietro; Detail from S. Michele in Bosco; Verso, Geom…

Felice Giani, 1810